SCOUT· 64%1h 05m·2026-09-15·MoneyTobi Lütke: The Skills AI Makes More Valuable
Shopify founder and CEO Tobi Lütke joins Shane Parrish to discuss AI agents, better decision-making, and the future of work. He explains how he uses an AI council to examine his hardest decisions and why taste, judgment, and responsibility become more valuable as AI becomes more capable. They go inside Shopify’s work…
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